Expect a number of those remaining AM stations without translators to vanish in the coming years (except for the 50 kw stations). Also, I would suspect that many of those stations are already dying--on long-term STA's, reduced power, long wires, off-air, etc.

One of the translators will be on 103.5--and only a few feet below the antenna for a class A on 103.9. When the lease was signed we indicated a possible relocation of the 103.9 station to this tower--just happened faster than we anticipated (they cancelled their lease when AC failed & transmitter go...

Here's the picture. I own a tower in an area that has become, over the past few years, the local antenna farm. Presently this tower has two full-power FM's, mine with 3500 watts ERP, plus a tenant with 750 watts ERP. ECO-4 and VS-1 transmitters. Just added a 175 watt translator with a BW 300 watt tr...

Local college got a grant to build a fancy recording studio--I got involved rebuilding the radio station studios in the same building. Recording studio guy wanted separate panel and isolated grounds from the lighting and HVAC circuits--I suggested running 2" strap from that panel to an outside groun...

An in-line pad. My BE kilowatt has a flaky exciter--but the 250 mw output is run to an external BNC and looped back in. Got a 25 DB pad & put it on the output of another exciter to drive the transmitter. Pad runs warm, but the transmitter is there when I need it--back-up to my 10 KW. Don't remember ...

(Reply to NECRAT) I usually look for "hi end" brands like Carver or Sony--have had good luck doing that. Filter cap replacement is a requirement--these are usually 35~45 year old pieces of equipment. However, these older tuners are usually easy to work on. Just need to watch out for the dial cord!

I've gone to old analog "hi-fi" tuners off e-bay, both for off-air monitoring and EAS. Have to use a rack shelf (or sit them on top of something else) & out of the box I replace the filter caps. But they have the nice feature of coming back on after power failures tuned to the right station.

For the most part, probably E-Bay. Since it takes a lot of work to wire up a console, they are usually pretty beat up by the time the decision comes to replace that console with a new installation. I can remember a fun couple of days just moving my control room Auditronics 2500 8 inches back to acco...